Month: January 2020
The future of surveillance technology, with Ramesh Srinivasan
Joe Biden was recently confronted by an environmental activist who asked him to explain why he deserves the votes of people concerned about climate change. He refused to answer the question in a move that should concern Biden fans. Lee dissects the interaction. Lee sat down this week with Ramesh Srinivasan, an academic whose work focuses on the intersection between technology and social development, and who recently published ‘Beyond The Valley’. …
Guaido’s ‘World Tour’ for Support an ‘Admission of Defeat’ in Venezuela
Venezuela’s self-proclaimed “interim president,” Juan Guaido, has been on a “world tour” in recent weeks. However, one scholar told Sputnik Guaido’s search for support abroad shows the final collapse of his legitimacy in Venezuela, and the US and Canada will soon discard him and find a new puppet for regime change. …
Trump vs Bernie
The 2020 presidential campaign is beginning to look a lot like the 2016 race. But this time around the insurgent is Bernie Sanders – who is not even a member of the Democratic Party. Voters again are not interested in establishment politicians. In fact, they appear to be rebelling against them. Will we see a Trump-Sanders showdown? …